Quotes About Perseverance

We're told that men are strong & brave, but I think women know how to endure, accept defeat & bear physical & mental agony much better than men.

The road that went around and between the buildings hadn't been plowed, but Yasha didn't let that slow him down. He grinned at me in the rearview mirror. "No problem. Is like Siberia." "You've never been to Siberia," Ian said, his eyes still scanning for any movement other than our own. "True. But does not mean is not like Siberia.

However, a very wise man of my acquaintance once said: 'I just had this dumped on me. Brilliance takes time.

I just had this dumped on me. Brilliance takes time.'" Justinius

Loyalty is not loyalty unless one clings to it in the face of adversity. No?

Sometimes fear is something we must battle through. Other times it's something the Lord gives us to warn us to take heed.

Loyalty is not loyalty unless one clings to it in the face of adversity.

Perhaps this was what it meant to be an adult. To grab the opportunity at hand, make the most of the day, regardless of what it looked like.

volleyball. Even being "almost the best" would be alright.

The people on the agoraphobia board had been right when they'd claimed that the fear of panic is what really hurts you. If you can just manage to ride it out, you will find yourself on the other side.

A bad past is like gristle. You can chew on it forever and starve yourself to death, or you can spit it out and see what else is on the table.

I want a pain that has a beginning and an end, not one that goes on forever and cuts all the way to the bone.

Sometimes life goes by in a trickle and sometimes life goes by in a flood. It's in those rainy seasons you find out how well you can swim.

Some of the hardest things you go through will teach you the most.

What we cannot change, we must endure without bitterness. Sometimes we must try to view the actions of those around us with forgiveness. We must realize that they are going on the only road they can see. Sometimes we cannot raise our chins and see eye to eye, so we must bow our heads and have faith in one another.

Be patient, Katie. Everything doesn't have to work itself out today.

Life is a process of storms and rebuilding, of fires and regrowth, of loss and gain.

You know how it is. The storms come and it's water and wind as far as the eye can see for a bit. But winds calm and the waters drain. We find our feet again, and the ground under us sprouts a new crop of seed. That is always the way of it. I don't suppose this storm will be any different.

setting out together in a marriage is a lot like setting out on the river. Some parts will be rough; some will be smooth. You can't see from the start where it's gonna travel and where it's gonna end up. Sometimes it'll turn a sharp corner; sometimes it'll drift along awhile. Thing is, no matter what the river does, both parties gotta paddle equally, see?

I learned that life can change in an instant. It can flip over like a box of Styrofoam peanuts, and you're left scrambling to gather enough insulation to survive, before it all blows away. After that, you sink down into what's left, like a fragile glass vase with a crack in it, trying to avoid further damage. One bold year is worth a dozen timid ones....

That's the only thing you can do with a mess. Start cleaning it up, a little at a time.

Well, you know how a river moves a mountain." The words surprised me at first, but I knew where they were coming from. "Stone by stone," she finished.

Normal doesn't happen overnight when the world around and between you has always been off-balance.

I wanted to write it on paper and fold it up in a box to remind myself, the next time I couldn't see anything but mountains ahead, that where there's a mountain, there's always a river flowing nearby. Ultimately the river is the more powerful of the two.